Trump's not the future; his ideas and his coalition are a dead end.

In the long run, however much damage we come through, Obama's vision is the one that's going to be left standing. It's a question of how much pain and suffering America has to endure in the meantime.

Trump's not the future; his ideas and his coalition are a dead end.

Barack Obama is a very impressive human being.

Republicans fighting back against changes Obama made means those changes are important, as with most of the major progress in American history.

Conservatives are much more comfortable supporting the leader who's in power than liberals.

American democracy faces a massive challenge. I don't think it is a certainty that we're headed toward Putin's Russia, as some commentariat does. But people need to mobilize and build up small-d democratic institutions to prepare against that eventuality.